From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Accident with the 15-EX car, arranging a follow-up meeting, and considering modifications to steering components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M10\ img044 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1928 | |
| To CWB. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X4199 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG3.4.28. ACCIDENT TO 15-EX CAR. X4199 X8940b Any time after the holidays we should like to discuss the cause of the accident to this car. We should prefer you to come up either on the 11th. 12th. or 13th. because Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} and Mr. Hancock will be leaving for France on the 16th. with 12-EX car. I should very much like them to be present at any discussion because they have driven the car more than anyone else under the same conditions as when it crashed. We are still going ahead standardising the steering exactly as fitted to that car because we have no evidence to shew in what way it can be improved. R.{Sir Henry Royce} in his memo.RL/M25.3.28 recommends that we scrap the present pendulum levers and fit the shorter pendulum levers to all cars. We have not yet seen your report on the accident; we should like to have this before our discussion takes place. we attach herewith reports from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} and CWH. We are getting to know from Paris when the remains of the car will arrive, but we see no reason why this should delay the discussion on the cause of the accident. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||